Do your pets get birthday presents?

Misslayed

JJC1956 said:

A friend of mine, invites all of her friends around to her house with their dogs and they all sing Happy Birthday, the invite is reciprocated at all of the other girls houses, presumably whilst they all drink Prosecco 😁

Pawsecco surely!

donnac2558

I give my cat some chicken as a treat.

jackieblack

I have two grandkitties that live with me 🥰🥰 (my daughter is unable to have them where she lives), they both get a special tea when it’s a birthday day, when it’s oldest kitty’s birthday they get fish (as that’s his favourite treat), when it’s younger kitty’s birthday they both get chicken (younger kitty’s favourite). I sing “Happy Birthday” and always get the same puzzled look (what is that noise and why are you directing it at me?! 🤣) from them both 😁

Like a previous poster, big presents such as cat trees, new scratching posts, new beds etc are given when an offer/a voucher coincides with replacements being needed.

LameWolf

I don't know about birthdays, but I'm a carer with a dog-sitting service, and if I have dogs staying over Christmas there's almost always a present in their luggage for them to unwrap. Usually a toy, or one of those stockings with bags of treats in.

CB2217

yes - she is family. it is always items she needs or treats that we would have had to buy anyway!

Savvy_Sue

LameWolf said:

I don't know about birthdays, but I'm a carer with a dog-sitting service, and if I have dogs staying over Christmas there's almost always a present in their luggage for them to unwrap. Usually a toy, or one of those stockings with bags of treats in.

I should think so! I mean, you wouldn't leave your children behind without presents AT CHRISTMAS, now would you?

My mother would never do that: she preferred to spend Christmas on her own rather than leave the cats. 

gloriouslyhappy

Every year I make my dog a birthday cake and his three favourite doggie chums are invited to the party. 

His cake consists of sticky plain boiled white rice moulded into the bottom and sides of a pyrex bowl. Then I fill the middle with plain cooked chicken, peas and carrot chunks, put a 'hat' of more sticky rice on top, and invert it onto a plate, and pop 'candles' on top. The candles are carrot sticks spelling out his age in Roman numerals. 

We all sing happy birthday while he eats the candles, then the cake is dished out to all the dogs while the humans sip champagne. 

hb2

It looks as if I am in the minority here as I don't give my kitties gifts for Christmas, nor their 'gotcha' days. They eat well all the time; treats are limited in the same way that they were for my son; toys, beds etc are provided as and when. I love them to bits but, let's be honest, they have no concept of birthdays etc.

Christianne1957

My pets are part of my family so I do celebrate their birthdays/gotcha days with a extra special treat

Daft but it makes me (and them happy) to celebrate!

Katiehound

clearly I'm in the minority too.
No, my hounds get nothing special for their birthdays. They get great attention all year instead! Cuddles, walks, long walkies with a dog walker and great food: what more might they wish for????